Malthouse in Písek

The malthouse is a part of a former brewery, located directly in the city centre. The brewery has been in disrepair since the 1990s. An association was established to make use of one of the largest structures, the malthouse. The malthouse was converted into a children’s adventure space with several attractions – Ant-hill: a wooden maze resembling an interior of an ant-hill; Pilařiště – a section decorated with drawings of Radek Pilař, famous Czech children’s illustrator; Illustrator’s Nest – a section dedicated to illustrations in films, comic strips or books. All the adventures were designed by renowned artists and present a very attractive space for children of all ages. The exposition on illustrations goes beyond traditional display, it enables, for example, a whole school class to attend and use the workshop facilities to create simple animations of, for example, the process of a plant growing. Thus, even classes of subjects not directly linked to art, for example, biology, in this case, can be performed there. Local schools take advantage of having such a facility in their neighbourhood and the local school children are frequent visitors to the site.